Earth – Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version 2LP (Glacial Blue Vinyl) Online Hot Sale

30th anniversary repress on glacial blue vinyl. Did you know there are horses on the cover of Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version? There are at least three in the right hand corner, gathered inexplicably near a white canvas tent, a human possibly perched among it s folds. As widescreen and vast as the cover may seem, those little details-the horses, the possible human, the faint wisp of white clouds-give it depth and wonder, something to which the imagination can return.

Did you know that the music on Earth 2-repressed now for it s 30th anniversary, back in it s original artwork, and accompanied by a riveting set of remixes that demonstrate the reach of what Dylan Carlson long ago called ambient metal -works much the same way? The surface is massive and obvious, the meatpaw riffs of Carlson and bassist Dave Harwell pounding and swiping and pawing at the speakers, a true bludgeon in three-dimensional sound. Listen, though, for the details in the corners, for the finesse beneath the force, and Earth 2 reveals new levels of depth and wonder. The widespread impact of Earth 2 suggests that others have indeed been leaning in, listening to these minutiae and making something new of them. A masterpiece without many genre precedents, Earth 2 surely helped send doom metal down it s more modern drone, ambient, and avant-garde avenues. Those descendants are obvious. Perhaps more surprising and gratifying are the ways it has influenced electronic music, modern composition, and even hip-hop by realigning our senses of tempo, time, and texture. See the 2023 digital ltd. LP companion piece, Earth 2.23: Special Lower Frequency Mix, for evidence from The Bug, Flowdan, Justin K. Broadrick of Godflesh Jesu, Robert Hampson of Loop, and Brett Netson of Built to Spill Earth. Earth 2 engendered a rearrangement of expectations, regardless of preferred form. These are not obvious directions for Earth s impact. Again, Earth 2 was never an obvious record. 30 years on, have we yet to grasp the enormity of Earth 2, an album that has continued it s slow cycle of influence, uninterrupted? Probably not. Hell, most of us don t even know there are horses on the cover.